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The Parisian Heist by Jo Piazza

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From the bestselling author of The Sicilian Inheritance and Everyone Is Lying to You comes a propulsive dual-timeline mystery drenched in art-world intrigue and brimming with family secrets, betrayal, and the intoxicating lure of power.

In present-day Paris, Emma is a struggling artist who finds herself pulled into the orbit of the Swansons, a wealthy family whose art empire is built on secrets she's only beginning to uncover. More than a century earlier, Jo van Gogh works tirelessly to secure her brother-in-law Vincent's legacy at a time when almost no one believes his paintings are worth saving.

The two timelines converge around a single missing painting — and a heist, planned for the Musée d'Orsay, audacious enough to expose everything the Swansons have spent generations hiding. Jo Piazza moves between the two women's stories with the pace of a thriller and the texture of real art history, building toward a reckoning that belongs to both of them.

At its center, The Parisian Heist is a novel about who gets to decide whose legacy survives — and what it costs the women doing the deciding.

From the bestselling author of The Sicilian Inheritance and Everyone Is Lying to You comes a propulsive dual-timeline mystery drenched in art-world intrigue and brimming with family secrets, betrayal, and the intoxicating lure of power.

In present-day Paris, Emma is a struggling artist who finds herself pulled into the orbit of the Swansons, a wealthy family whose art empire is built on secrets she's only beginning to uncover. More than a century earlier, Jo van Gogh works tirelessly to secure her brother-in-law Vincent's legacy at a time when almost no one believes his paintings are worth saving.

The two timelines converge around a single missing painting — and a heist, planned for the Musée d'Orsay, audacious enough to expose everything the Swansons have spent generations hiding. Jo Piazza moves between the two women's stories with the pace of a thriller and the texture of real art history, building toward a reckoning that belongs to both of them.

At its center, The Parisian Heist is a novel about who gets to decide whose legacy survives — and what it costs the women doing the deciding.

  • Publisher: Dutton

    Title: The Parisian Heist: A Novel

    Author: Jo Piazza

    On Sale Date: July 14, 2026

    ISBN 13: 979-8-217046-49-2

    Format: Hardcover

    Retail Price: $30.00

    BISAC: Suspense & Thriller

    Page Count: 416

  • Jo Piazza is an internationally bestselling author of twelve books, including We Are Not Like Them, a Good Morning America Book Club pick co-written with Christine Pride. She hosts the podcast Under the Influence and has written for The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal, among other publications. She lives in Philadelphia with her family.

  • Readers are calling it twisty, glamorous, and irresistibly propulsive:

    • Praised for its "two tantalizing timelines" and a newly imagined Van Gogh painting at the center of the plot.

    • Called a feast of "suspense, mystery, and avarice" by bestselling author Adriana Trigiani.

    • Noted for its timely resonance, arriving amid real-world headlines about museum art heists.

    • Highlighted for its sharp, capable female leads across both eras of the story.

This book is for you if

  • You want a heist novel with real stakes, not just a caper.

  • You love dual-timeline fiction that pays off both threads equally.

  • You’re drawn to art-world intrigue grounded in real history — the Van Gogh family included.

  • You want smart, capable women driving the plot in both timelines.

  • You’re looking for a Paris-set thriller with some genuine glamour to it.

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